Category Archives: Photo by Beth Booker

“Descends”

Descends

A pigeon descends /

behind the bright sunflower, /

swiftly toward the seed.

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“Defines”

Defines

Cat defines morning /

with a look of discontent /

that answers nothing.

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#defines #cat #morning #discontent #answers #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #august #sunday #081626 #2026

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“Work day”

Work day

Bee has no time clock. /

Only sun, life, instinct, work. /

Grace in the effort.

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#haiku #poem #poetry #bee #clock #grace #haiga #life #sun #instinct #work #davidebooker #oldnorthknoxville #photo #july #saturday #2021 #073121

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Photo finish Friday: “Common”

Common

Common sunflower, /

uncommon summer heat. /

Home is hard to leave.

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#common #sunflower #summer #uncommon #home #leave #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #july #friday #073126 #2026

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Photo finish Friday: “Sweat bee”

Sweat bee

Brown-winged sweat bee. /

Florida native, I see. /

Working hard for me.

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#sweatbee #florida #working #me #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #august #friday #080726 #2026 #senyru

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Subside”

Subside

Coneflowers subside, /

become next summer’s promise. /

Will hope find its roots.

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#subside #coneflowers #promise #summer #hope #roots #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #july #thursday #071626 #2026

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“Scents”

Scents

Summertime bread /

expands the kitchen with scents /

slowly lost to time.

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#kitchen #bread #scents #time #summertime #haiku #poem #poetry #haiga #photo #oldnorthknoxville #stormhaven #davidebooker #july #sunday #071226 #2026

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Photo finish Friday: “Touch”

Touch

A touch of rain. /

Here and there; now and then. /

A lover felt and gone.

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“Border”

Border

Dog at the border: /

more attention and more food. /

Enough is not real.

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“Touch me not”

Touch me not

Touch not what I touch, /

hoping only to feel worlds /

and none of yourself.

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